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I currently run Vista Home Basic. The system is only able to open and run IE in Safe Mode. I attempted to install McAfee Internet Security, but the virusscan component and one other componed failed to install.

I downloaded and ran "Do a system scan and save logfile" in HijackThis. However, no new window was opened after the scan to show the results. I looked in the location that HijackThis was downloaded for a copy of the results, but when I tried to open the application, the following information was presented: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file."

So, I am not able to share the HijackThis log at this time. Please provided suggestions in what I can do next.

Per my initial post on 9-11, the HJT program does not execute. The HJT desktop icon shows"??"s on it after I attempted to run it initially and says that the file type is: Screen Saver. When I try to move the icon to the recycle bin, I get a message that says: "Destination folder access denied". When I attempt to uninstall the program, I get the message: "You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Hijackthis 2.0.2. Please contact your system adnministrator"

I was able to download a new HJT executable from the link on the Trend Micro site: http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

I double clicked HJT after I had dragged it onto the "Inherit" program. It opened appeared to be running properly, but it then closed. The desktop icon now has "??"s on it and when I try to run it I get a dialog box that says: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item"

Please download SilentRunners from here:http://www.silentrunners.org/Silent%20Runners.zipUnzip it to the desktop and double-click on it. If you get any kind of warning message about scripts, please choose to allow the script to run. When the scan is finished, a message will pop up and a logfile will have been created on the desktop. Please post the entire contents of this logfile for me to see.